A Farewell to Kings

Album studio karya Rush

Dirilis

1 September 1977

Direkam

Juni 1977 di Rockfield Studios, Wales

Genre

Progressive rock, hard rock

Durasi

37:13

Label

Anthem Records

Produser

Rush, Terry Brown

Kronologi Rush

All the World's a Stage
(1976)All the World's a Stage1976

A Farewell to Kings
(1977)

Hemispheres
(1978)Hemispheres1978

Singel dalam album A Farewell to Kings

"Closer to the Heart"
Dirilis: Oktober 1977
"Cinderella Man"
Dirilis: 1978

A Farewell to Kings adalah album studio kelima oleh band progressive rock asal Kanada, Rush, dirilis pada tahun 1977. Album ini direkam di Rockfield Studios, di Wales, dan di mixing Advision Studios London. A Farewell to Kings menjadi yang pertama bagi Rush menerima sertifikasi gold di AS dalam waktu dua bulan dari rilis, dan akhirnya bersertifikat platinum. Geddy Lee awalnya menulis dasar bass-nya pada bass akustik. Suara burung-burung yang terdengar pada lagu "A Farewell to Kings" dan "Xanadu" direkam di luar dekat Rockfield Studios.

Daftar lagu

Seluruh lirik ditulis oleh Neil Peart, kecuali tertanda; seluruh musik diciptakan oleh Alex Lifeson dan Geddy Lee, kecuali tertanda.

Side 1
No.	Judul	Durasi
1.	"A Farewell to Kings" (Musik: Lee, Lifeson, Peart)	5:51
2.	"Xanadu"	11:05

Side 2
No.	Judul	Durasi
3.	"Closer to the Heart" (Lirik: Peart, Peter Talbot)	2:54
4.	"Cinderella Man" (Lirik: Lee)	4:20
5.	"Madrigal"	2:35
6.	"Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage" (Musik: Lee, Lifeson, Peart)	10:25

Personil

Geddy Lee: vokal, bass dan dua belas-string gitar, Mini Moog, bass pedal synthesizers
Alex Lifeson: gitar elektrik dan gitar akustik gitar enam dan dua belas string, gitar klasik, bass pedal synthesizers
Neil Peart: drum, orchestra bells, wind chimes, bell tree, vibraslap, triangle (instrument), tubular bells, temple block

Pranala luar

l b s Rush
Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson Neil Peart John Rutsey Jeff Jones
Album Studio	Rush Fly by Night Caress of Steel 2112 A Farewell to Kings Hemispheres Permanent Waves Moving Pictures Signals Grace Under Pressure Power Windows Hold Your Fire Presto Roll the Bones Counterparts Test for Echo Vapor Trails Snakes & Arrows Clockwork Angels
Album Mini	Feedback
Album Live	All the World's a Stage Exit...Stage Left Grace Under Pressure Tour A Show of Hands Different Stages Rush in Rio R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour Snakes & Arrows Live Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland Clockwork Angels Tour
Album Remix	Vapor Trails Remixed
Single	"Fear series" "Not Fade Away" "Finding My Way" "In the Mood" "Fly by Night" "The Necromancer" "Lakeside Park" "The Twilight Zone" 2112" "A Passage to Bangkok" "Closer to the Heart" "Xanadu" "Cinderella Man" "The Trees" "Circumstances" "The Spirit of Radio" "Freewill" "Entre Nous" "Limelight" "Tom Sawyer" "Vital Signs" "New World Man" "Subdivisions" "Distant Early Warning" "Red Sector A" "Afterimage" "The Big Money" "Mystic Rhythms" "Manhattan Project" "Marathon" "Time Stand Still" "Mission" "Show Don't Tell" "The Pass" "Dreamline" "Roll the Bones" "Heresy" "Ghost of a Chance" "Stick It Out" "Nobody's Hero" "Cold Fire" "Test for Echo" "Half the World" "Driven" "Secret Touch" "One Little Victory" "Summertime Blues" "Far Cry" "Spindrift" "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" "Caravan" "Headlong Flight" "The Wreckers"
Video Live	Exit...Stage Left Grace Under Pressure Tour A Show of Hands Rush in Rio R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour Rush Replay X 3 Snakes & Arrows Live Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland Clockwork Angels Tour
Album Kompilasi	Archives Rush Through Time Chronicles Retrospective I Retrospective II The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 Gold Retrospective III: 1989–2008 Working Men